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by Rabindranath Tagore
The same stream of life that runs through my veins
night and day
runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.
It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust
of the earth
in numberless blades of grass
and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.
It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle
of birth
and of death, in ebb and in flow.
I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this
world of life.
And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in
my blood this moment.
Photo credit: More magazine Canada website
2007 - Canadian Association of Journalists, finalist in magazine investigative reporting for Unusual Suspects, a story about two Thunder Bay women accused of murder in Mexico.
2006 - Canadian Association of Journalists, finalist magazine investigative reporting for Nanny Abuse, a story about the Philippine’s labour export policies and the Canadian Live-In Caregiver Program.
2005 – Amnesty International Media Award for Canada for Nanny Abuse.
2004 - Canadian Association of Journalists, finalist in magazine investigative reporting, for Sad Little Girls, a story about the child sex trade in Cambodia.
2003 – APEX award (United States) for feature writing for a story about a little boy and his family who fought and won against cancer.
2002 - National Magazine Awards, honorable mention in investigative reporting, for Animal Wrongs, a story examining the exotic wildlife pet trade in North America.
1998 - Society of Professional Journalists (United States), investigative reporting award, for a story on female Canadian drug smugglers.
1997 - University of Miami fellowship to pursue a Master’s in Communications, print journalism.
1994 - Las Flores plaque of honor for work in the Spanish speaking community in Toronto
1990 - Hamilton-Wentworth Inductee, Week of the Child certificate